Writer – Page 109 – Natural adventures

5829. Peel Street Green (26)

Sub, Peel Street Green, Bristol, February 2024

Having only recently graced the pages of Natural Adventures, Sub, I have a feeling, is going to feature more and more going forward. This large piece in Peel Street Green combines his big letters with a pussycat character. The piece was overpainted last week with some writing that incorporated (and by implication, took credit for) the cat… Sub has since returned and restored his own letters.

Sub’s letters tend to be super-large and simply filled, but it is the inclusion of his cartoon, manga-style cat, that adds lots of interest to the piece. This is a nice clean and tidy piece, and it will be interesting to see if the incorporation of characters will become more of a thing for the artist. Nice work.

5828. M32 roundabout J3 (551)

Marckinetic and Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2024

I am mildly hungover following a wonderful wedding party for our niece, in the extraordinary setting of Farnham Castle on the border of Surrey and Hampshire, and am writing this post sitting in the car, waiting to get home back to Bristol. Fast forward a few hours, and I am now completing this post at home, a little later than usual.

Marckinetic, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2024

This is a fabulous collaborative wall from Marckinetic and Kid Krishna, a duo who have started off 2024 in vigorous fashion. Marckinetic’s disguised FFS letters are written in such a unique style and filled with his wonderful ‘cosmic’ patterning, that they simply couldn’t be by any other artist. Creative and wonderfully presented, his work is always a pleasure to see.

Kid Krishna, M32 roundabout, Bristol, February 2024

Kid Krishna has been on fire this year too, after a relatively quiet period, so much so that I am going to have to gather up several of his early year pieces into a single post soon. The colours of this piece broadly match those used by Marckinetic, and create a feast for the eyes, enhanced by being painted on the black background. The letters CRIE are probably there somewhere. This is a fabulous collaborative wall from these unconventional graffiti writers.

5827. New Stadium Road (55)

Omie_wan_kenobi, New Stadium Road, Bristol, January 2024

I love it when I start to notice an artist that I hadn’t been aware of, but has been out there for a little while, and Omie_wan_kenobe is one of those. Now that I am aware of the artist’s presence I am seeing their work everywhere, and the best thing about Omie_wan_kenobi’s work is its variety and lack of a ‘house’ style.

This piece, in the burnt out tunnel, is big, bold and rather unusual. The fill paint is rather thin, and the Klashwhensober piece beneath it is clearly visible, and almost passes for a fill pattern. I don’t know whether OMIE is said ‘oh my’ or ‘omee’, but I guess the ‘wan kenobi’ would suggest the latter. Watch this space for more from this emerging talent.

Raid

A gallery of fabulous graffiti writing from Bristol artist Raid – now writing as Mage

Instagram:@neighbouthoodraider and @mage.ya.look

all photographs by Scooj

Raid, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2024

Raid, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, June 2024

Raid, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, June 2024

Raid, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2024

Raid, M32 roundabout, Bristol, April 2024

Raid, New Stadium Road, Bristol, January 2024

Raid, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2024

Raid, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, March 2023

Raid, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2023

5825. St Werburghs tunnel (406)

Werm and 3F Fino, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2024

What a nice surprise it was to find this collaboration from Werm and 3F Fino, who I thought may have left Bristol (which he might have done), given the almost total drop-off in his work in the city. It felt coincidental, too, that I found this piece only a day or two after publishing a gallery of 3F Fino’s work.

Werm, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2024

To the left, Werm has worked a wonderful piece of writing painted using a fabulous colour palette of purple shades and gold. This sumptuous colour scheme creates an interesting effect, where the letters, counterintuitively, are a little more disguised than you might expect. The gold colour, although contrasting with the purple colours, doesn’t ‘pop’ the piece as much as you might expect, instead it has a rather more subtle impact.

3F Fino, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2024

To the right, a character that 3F Fino has painted many times, is holding up letters that are painted in the same colour scheme used by his neighbour. The letter fills are very nicely painted and go a long way to obscuring the letters themselves. I would like to think the letters spell FINO, but can’t be certain, and have a feeling that the fills might also spell something out. Altogether, this is a very nice collaboration from the LRS pair.

5824. L Dub (53)

It is always a great pleasure to find any writing by Rusk, and this relatively simple piece in the tunnel under the M5 at L Dub came as a nice surprise. There is a nice shout-out to DJ Perks, whose work dominates this spot, and I am guessing that they painted together on this occasion.

The bubble style writing is nicely filled with graded browns and a red base. Unfortunately the red paint is a little thin and looks a little patchy. What stands out for me though is the way the little white spots at the tops of the letters, create an incredible 3D effect helping the letters to pop out from the wall. Classy work from Rusk as always.

Urban wasteland, Lawrence Weston, January 2024

It would seem that Rusk took a moment out to leave his mark nearby, too.

5822. Dean Lane skate park (688)

Dibz, Dean Lane skate park, Bristol, February 2024

Something a little different from Dibz on the curved wall in Dean Lane skate park, illustrating the point that Dibz is anything but a one-trick-pony (some trick at that). The writing feels a little bit retro, and the incorporation of a series of black and white pixels adds to that effect.

Interestingly, the pixel squares are a little uneven and most unlike Dibz’ precision work – I wonder if there is a tiny chink in his perfect armour… The piece includes the word Metal Headz, which I assume means something to Dibz, but sadly nothing to me. Some fun and variety from the maestro.

5819. Peel Street Green (25)

Serm, Peel Street Green, Bristol, February 2024

Although he only paints occasionally, Serm always leaves a good impression. This is a nice large piece of graffiti writing on the long wall at Peel Street Green. One of the interesting features of this wall is that it is broken down into about eight equal sized sections, each one just the right size (actually on the slightly large size) for an individual to showcase their work. Each ‘frame’ is rarely dogged, and some pieces can remain here for quite a while.

Serm writes with large chunky letters and a deep 3D drop shadow, in this case in lilac/purple shades that contrast with the green/yellows in the letter fills. There is a certain amount of panache about his work, and it is a genuine pity that he doesn’t manage to get out and paint more often.

5817. L Dub (52)

I am so pleased that Donz is starting to get more of a presence on Natural Adventures, an unfortunate underrepresentation which is an artefact of the fact that I don’t visit L Dub all that often, and Donz rarely paints anywhere else in Bristol.

This is a fun piece in a typically wacky style from Donz made all the more fun by the inclusion of a character face replacing the ‘O’ in his letters. It is a fact of life in street art writing, that the letter ‘O’ more than any other can be fiddled around with and replaced, for example Biers and his WD40 and Boogie with his double ‘O’s. There is some nice lettering here that bleeds away at the top.

Either Donz needs to come into the centre more often, or I need to get out to L Dub, but until one or both of those things happen, Donz will most likely only make occasional appearances in these pages.

5816. St Werburghs tunnel (405)

Mr Klue, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2024

I am very short of time today, with lots to do, having spent the whole of yesterday in London at a wonderful wedding of a cousin of mine. Still feeling a little worse for wear, and tired, as we were on the last train out of London, and then had to endure music and a party in our next door neighbour’s flat which continued until 4am. A little bit of Mr Klue magic is the perfect antidote to this.

Mr Klue has been a little quiet over the winter, but seems to be cranking things up a little. This piece is in one of his favoured spots, and is probably one of his clearest renditions of the letters KLUE in his ephemeral abstract style. A perfect piece for a Sunday morning.

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